Meet Our Graduates: Amy Ng
Amy Ng earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry at Vanderbilt University in December of 2014 under the supervision of Sandra Rosenthal. In the research team, Amy synthesized, fabricated, and characterized nanocrystalline-polymer photovoltaics. Her passion in electron microscopy opened an opportunity to work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory under the guidance of Stephen Pennycook. Following the completion of her Ph.D., Amy moved to Washington, DC to join the Naval Research Laboratory Materials Science & Technology Division as an NRC postdoc finding ways to make 2D materials, like phosphorene, and characterize them using a state-of-the-art aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope. The next step in her career as a postdoc took her to Dayton, OH at the Air Force Research Laboratory, where she had the chance to investigate chiral-structure cellulose that would ultimately be used to strengthen polymers. Following this postdoc, Amy decided to move closer to her family in New England and joined the ASML EUV Defectivity team in Wilton, CT in July of 2017.
At ASML, Amy currently holds the role of Forensics Architect in the Advanced Development Center, leading a team of interdisciplinary engineers, materials scientists, and data scientists to investigate the root cause of field failure products. Beyond building and automating a suite of characterization tools, her team has helped solve numerous customer escalations using types of techniques that grew from experiences at Vanderbilt. As ASML pushes the boundaries of lithography and the semiconductor industry, the Forensics team is alongside for the journey to find answers.
In her VINSE days, Amy was involved in the TN-SCORE program which emphasized STEM outreach in the TN community; she found the experiences to be rewarding and pursued this even at ASML. Amy had the privilege of leading STEM and civic volunteering in the local ASML site from 2018 to 2019, which touched on groups in greater Wilton, CT area including Girl Scouts of CT and Danbury Grassroots Academy.